Originally Posted by pyze-guy

Well here I am in the south of India in the village of Sahakar Nagar, a "suburb" of Bangalore. It's kind of crazy here in that ther are I think 3 stop lighs in a city of over 8 million and no stops signs. The whole city is one big merge. The rule here is the bigger the vehicle is, it has the right of way. All I do is close my eyes and pray to Vishnu, Gonesh and all the rest for safe passage. Riding a bike in the city itself? Not something I am going to try for a while. Every vehicle has its horn going all the time to let you know that you are about to be overtaken. So far the auto rickshaw rides into the city have been quite a thrill. Every bike here, all 8 million of them are single speeds. There is a wide range of styles, old british or Mtb. Take your pick and thats about it. I'm going to pickup a s/s mtb. A hercules bike, named after the god of strength that you will have to be to get the bamn thing up a hill. Oh well, love what you ride, right. Anyway once I get my own machine and can download some pics I will share the wonderfull world of India, and the riding experiences to have here.